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Let them lift their vast reflectors or refractors to the skies, and detect new planets in their hiding places.
讓他們將反射器和折射望遠(yuǎn)鏡發(fā)射到天空吧，去探測在隱秘地方藏著的新行星。
Let them waylay the fugitive comets in their flight, and compel them to disclose the precise period of their orbits,
讓他們駕著飛船攔截轉(zhuǎn)瞬即逝的彗星，促使他們揭開這些天體運(yùn)行軌道的精確周期，
and to give bonds for their punctual return. Let them drag out reluctant satellites from "their habitual concealments."
并準(zhǔn)時(shí)將它們收回。讓他們從“一貫的隱匿處”把倔強(qiáng)的衛(wèi)星拉出來。
Let them resolve the unresolvable nebulae of Orion or Andromeda. They need not fear.
讓他們解決獵戶星座或仙女座不確定的星云問題，他們無需畏懼。
The sky will not fall, nor a single star be shaken from its sphere.
天不會(huì)塌下來，沒有一個(gè)星球會(huì)從氣層搖晃著跌落下來。
Let them perfect and elaborate their marvelous processes of making the light and the lightning their ministers,
讓他們完善和詳細(xì)闡述它們制造光和激發(fā)政府長官激情的神奇過程，
for putting "a pencil of rays" into the hand of art, and providing tongues of fire for the communication of intelligence.
將“鉛筆線條”轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榛酁樯衿娴氖郑瑸橹腔鄣慕涣魈峁崆榈脑捳Z。
Let them foretell the path of the whirlwind, and calculate the orbit of the storm.
讓他們預(yù)測龍卷風(fēng)的行進(jìn)路線，算出暴風(fēng)雨的軌道。
Let them hang out their gigantic pendulums, and make the earth do the work of describing and measuring her own motions.
讓他們將巨大的鐘擺懸起來，使地球做描繪未來勝景的事情，并測量出自己的運(yùn)動(dòng)軌跡。
Let them annihilate human pain, and literally "charm ache with air, and agony with ether."
讓他們徹底根除人類的痛苦，確實(shí)做到“用空氣來控制疼痛，用乙醚來使巨大的病痛麻醉”。
The blessing of God will attend all their toils, and the gratitude of man will await all their triumphs.
上帝的賜福也會(huì)照顧到他們所有的辛勤勞動(dòng)，受惠的人們感激地等待他們勝利凱旋。
